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[Matthew Bentley Racing Ltd]

Leave with me! 

[TFD]

Be cautious btw... the wider spacers are a bit more tight than the oem spacers. The oem ones can be taken in and out easly.. the wider spacers need the be pushed in hard to fully fit. So it takes force to take them out again as wel... mind the bearing! Maybe use a bit of sandpaper and grease?

 

Another stupid question: Can I drill an extra set of holes in the brackets to lower the car? Or get the brackets to weak when extra material is drilled out?

 

Cheers,

Daniel

[DaveyC]

Just fitted one of mine. To seat the tighter spacers properly I did one at a time by leaving one of the smaller spacers in place, threading the bolt through then placing one wider spacer on the other side. Put the nut on the end and tighten to slowly press the wider spacer into the bearing. Keeping the smaller spacer on the other side ensures the nut is pushing the wider spacer into the bearing square. Then just repeat for the other side.

[TFD]

[Matthew Bentley Racing Ltd]

Ok missing bolts and spacers are being shipping out by Nitron!

 

You will receive them shortly!

 

Matt

[stu8v]

Cheers Matt.

[TFD]

[Mazzy]

Nice one, Thanks Matt.

[Matthew Bentley Racing Ltd]

Don't thank me! Should have been right the first time!

 

Apologies all round.

 

Matt

[stu8v]

It happens.........

 

I suggest free Nitron t-shirts all round to make up for it 

[BigD]

Ah that's good then. Weird they can miss a bolt from every set. Bet you wish you hadn't bothered now Matt?!

Edited by BigD, 17 December 2015 - 01:40 PM.

[Matthew Bentley Racing Ltd]

No I don't mind, wish I hadn't done them so cheap, I actually made a mistake on the pricing. But anyway! As long as everyone is happy and all sorted before Christmas it will be all good!

[DaveyC]

Thanks for organising, Matt. Very please with the price 

 

Hoping to fit the rest of mine tonight/tomorrow.

 

I'd be interested to hear from everyone else what ride height they're using once we're all set up. I'm currently on eibach lowering springs on the original Bilsteins so the ride isn't great and there is quite a lot of roll steer.

[Matthew Bentley Racing Ltd]

Go with 120mm front and 130mm rear minimum with 16/17" wheels, probably higher with 17/17" combo for best geometry.

[DaveyC]

Cheers. 

[stu8v]

Go with 120mm front and 130mm rear minimum with 16/17" wheels, probably higher with 17/17" combo for best geometry.

 

Do you have a "pre-fitment" measurement we can set them too? 

 

i.e Number of threads above the spring collar.

 

 

Cheers

[PhilipTreeWalker]

I may be after a set of standard shocks for my N/A soon. Anyone have a good condition set going spare? Maybe a deal to be had with a grill from my group buy, have a look here: http://www.vx220.org...rill/?p=1831902

 

Ta

[DaveyC]

I've just finished installing mine. To get the front at 120mm I had to wind on a tiny amount of preload on the springs. To get the rear as high as 130mm I had to put a LOT of preload on. Something like 13 full turns of the collar to the point that there isn't much thread left on the damper body. Is this going to be a problem?

[BigD]

Davey what did you do about the missing bolt and collars?

[DaveyC]

I sent nitron an email directly when they arrived because of the whole 111R/VX220 label mix up and mentioned at the time I only had one bolt so they posted one out the same day.